University of Toronto Scientists at the University of Toronto claim that mountain climbers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine could not have reached the top of Mount Everest in 1924 as they were caught in a perfect storm.
Titi monkey A new species of Titi monkey, the Caquetá Titi, is discovered in the Colombian department of Caquetá.
Southern Hempisheres Australia's (and the Southern Hemisphere's) first total artificial heart transplant occurs at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
Nuclear program The President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signs a new law binding the Government of Iran to pursue a target of refining uranium to 20 percent.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, says that Iran will build a third uranium enrichment plant next year.
People's Republic of China A book written by Chinese dissident Yu Jie critical of Premier Wen Jiabao goes on sale in Hong Kong, with threats of imprisonment from the mainland.
Tony Blair Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is to give the £4.6 million advance and all royalties from his forthcoming memoirs, "A Journey", to a sports centre for badly injured soldiers; pacifists and the families of soldiers killed under his leadership call it "blood money".
Israel Israeli courts deem that its government was "responsible" for the death of a female Palestinian child, who was hit by a rubber bullet in 2007.
Mexico Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation upholds a Mexico City law allowing gay adoption.
Lori Berenson American Lori Berenson, convicted of collaborating with a left-wing group in Peru, apologises after her release from a 20-year prison sentence; she denies any form of violence or murder.
2010 Thai political protests Thailand lifts its state of emergency in 3 provinces but retains it in 7 others, including Bangkok.
Romania Senior Romanian diplomat Gabriel Grecu is arrested in Russia, accused of spying and given 48 hours to leave the country.
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) 45 Chilean special forces have been sent to Easter Island to monitor events.
Pro-independence activists reportedly seize control of government buildings, a museum and a hotel located on land claimed by ethnic Polynesians.
Community leaders in Easter Island threaten to secede from Chile, prompting the resignation of Governor Pedro Edmunds Paoa.
Military Tens of thousands of Republic of Korea Armed Forces and United States armed forces ignore warnings from North Korea, and start a new round of the Ulchi-Freedom Guardian drills in South Korea.
Nigeria As many as 40 people are killed due to a fiery collision between a lorry load of sugar and a police checkpoint in Nigeria.
An explosion An explosion at a maternity hospital in Romania's capital Bucharest, kills at least 4 babies, while 2 pregnant women and 8 newborn infants sustain burns and other injuries in serious condition.
Russia Russia is battered by a severe storm following its recent heatwave, its hottest summer in recorded history.
Devastating floods The United Nations states there is high risk for as many as 3.5 million children who may be struck down by diseases in the water.
The devastating floods continue as a concern of the United Nations, with officials citing a lack of aid funding for six million people in urgent need of clean water.
AIRES Flight 8250 AIRES Flight 8250 crashes upon landing on San Andrés Island, Colombia; one death is reported.
Étienne Balibar Politicians and intellectuals including Étienne Balibar, Noam Chomsky, Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Eva Joly appeal to Nicolas Sarkozy that France repay €17 billion it took from Haiti in 1825 after the Haitian Revolution (1791–1804); they say the money is "morally, economically, and legally unassailable" in the aftermath of the January 2010 earthquake.
United States U.S. actor Michael Douglas begins chemotherapy after doctors discover a tumor in his throat.
Nadja Benaissa Nadja Benaissa, a HIV-positive former singer in the German girl band No Angels, goes on trial for allegedly not advising sexual partners of her condition.
War in Afghanistan The United States Secretary of Defense Robert Gates says the July 2011 timetable to start withdrawing United States armed forces from Afghanistan is set in stone.
A United States air strike kills an al-Qaeda leader who was thought to have been planning suicide bombings.
General Stanley A. McChrystal, recently sacked from his post in Afghanistan by the United States for speaking to "Rolling Stone", is given a lecturing post at a major university in the United States.
The President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai gives private security firms operating in that country four months to disband.
Grenade At least 2 people are injured after a grenade explosion outside a Televisa television station in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
Philippine garrisons The Philippine security forces announce they will extend the controversial counter-insurgency tactic Oplan Bantay Laya up until December 31, 2010. The political party Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemned the extension.